Mustaqbal Bloc Says Miqati Govt Must Stick to STL

The Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc on Tuesday noted that the list of demands it had submitted to Prime Minister-designate Najib Miqati last week deals with "a number of political, national and ethical constants."

In a statement issued after its weekly meeting under ex-PM Fouad Saniora, the bloc said it was waiting for a "clear stance" by the PM-designate.

It reminisced that "Miqati was allied with the Mustaqbal Movement in the last parliamentary elections (in 2009) according to a clear electoral platform through which he had won voters' confidence," calling on the PM-designate to honor the promises made to electors that year.

The bloc stressed that the upcoming government should remain faithful to the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

It noted that "some parties' remarks -- about their desire to halt further (Lebanese) financing (of the STL), withdraw Lebanese judges and annul bilateral MOUs -- are aimed at renouncing the consensus reached around the national dialogue table and in the ministerial policy statements of the successive governments."